you are what you read
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You Are What You Read!
Dr. Peter Hammond
Stepping Stones to Success
Some years ago, George and Alec Gallup undertook
an exhaustive investigation as to what makes some people
more successful than others.
Using the polling techniques that have made them famous, the brothers researched and wrote
a book: One of their conclusions:
Successful people read.
Foundations for Constructive Conversation
George Gallup found that reading was essential because it "makes a person ready to
converse…
People who read have a broad knowledge…and more information with which to make
evaluations and decisions."
Gym for the Mind
Reading is to the mind what
exercise is to the body.
Books are minds alive on the
shelves.
Inspiration from Examples of Excellence
By taking up one of these books, and opening it,
we can hear the voices of
people far away in time and space.
By reading we can hear great people of long
ago speaking to us,
mind to mind, heart to heart.
If it was announced that Martin Luther, was speaking at a particular church,
If it was announced thatJohn Calvin was speaking at a particular
venue,
If it was announced that Charles Spurgeon
was speaking anywhere,
If it was announced that
David Livingstone was
speaking at
An event,
Many Christians from all over the world would show up.
But we need to
remember that when
we open up a book by
one of those
authors, we can hear them speak
and learn from them
in a greater way than you could if you just heard them at a single
meeting.
Character Shaping
A man is known by the company he keeps. It is also true that a person's character is to a large extent developed by the
books he, or she, reads.
A man is known by the company his mind keeps. A book is good
company.
Learning from the Past
"The reading of all good
books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries." Descartes.
Soul Food
"In books lies the soul
of the whole past time." Thomas Carlyle.
Advantage
Mark Twain observed:
"The man who does not read
good books, has
no advantage over the man who cannot read them."
Best Friend
"The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who will get me a book I have
not read."
Treasure
Walt Disney said: "There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure
Island…and best of all you can enjoy these riches every day of your life."
Live Life to the Fullest
"In a very real sense, people who have
read good literature have lived more than people who cannot,
or will not, read
…it is not true we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more
lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish." S.I. Hayakawa
Secrets for Success
"If we encounter a man of rare intellect we should ask him what books he reads."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truths that Transform
Charles Spurgeon counselled his students: "Master those books you have. Read them thoroughly. Bathe in them until they saturate you. Read and re-read them…digest
them…
A student will find that his mental constitution is more affected by one book thoroughly mastered
than by 20 books he has merely skimmed."
Choose Wisely
Daniel Webster recommended that it is better to master a few books than to read indiscriminately. It was his contention that to master a few great writers is preferable to skimming a multitude of
lesser works.
Tried and Tested is Better thanThe Current Fashion
C.S. Lewis recommended: "If one must read only the new or only the old, I would advise them to read the old.
It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow one self another new one
until you have read an old one in between."
Reject the Shallow and Superficial
Inferior books are
to be rejected in an age and time when
we are courted by
whole libraries.
Savour the Special
No man's life is long enough to read even those which are good and great and famous.
Select the Superlative
Why then should one waste ones time with lesser
works when some of the greatest are
available?
Francis Bacon wrote: "Some books are to be tasted,
others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested."
"Read the best
books first, or
you may not have
the chance to
read them at
all." Henry David
Thoreau
Preparation for Life
"Many times the reading of a book has made the future of a man.“ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Empowered
"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have laboured hard
for." Socrates.
True Discipleship
"Next to the Holy Scriptures, the greatest aide to the life of faith may be Christian biographies."
A.W. Tozer.
Victorious Christians
"The reading of good
biography forms an
important part of a
Christian's education. It provides him with
numberless illustrations
for use in his own service.
He learns to assess the true worth of character, to glimpse a work goal for his
own life,
to decide how best to attain it, what self denial
is needed to curb
unworthy aspirations,
and all the time he learns how God breaks into the dedicated life to bring about His own purposes." Ransome W. Cooper
Those Who Changed
the World
"Biography transmits personality…
who can gauge the inspiration to the cause of missions of great biographies like those of William
Carey,
Adoniram Judson,
Hudson Taylor,
Charles Studd…
Impact
"History is but the lengthy shadow of great men." Emerson.
Enrich Your Life,
Work, Family
and Ministry
Those that love reading have everything within their reach.
For a small price one can visit other lands and great periods of history,
learn from some of the greatest minds and world shapers,
grapple with great issues,
learn in a space of a few hours what others grappled with, researched and studied for their
whole lives.
Frontline FellowshipPO Box 74Newlands7725Cape TownSouth AfricaE-mail: admin@frontline.org.zaWeb: www.frontline.org.za
Dr. Peter Hammond
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